re: Re: Jo Hoppen's A4 1.8T CHIP 200hp - AWESOME

[audidudi@delphi.com (Jeffrey J. Goggin)]

><< Mr. Hoppen worked his last years at Audi of America as Head Engineer for
> Dealer Service. >>
>
>>It just ain't so.  Mr. Hoppen simply did not have this position, the
>>responsibility or the authority that it implies.  I don't intend to argue
>the
>>merits of Hoppen's products or services, but this particular bit of
>>misinformation should not be woven into the "legend."
>---------------
>First of all YES!!!  Mr. Hoppen DID work as head of Dealer Service for AoA.
>  If you don't believe me than you should call him and ask him yourself! 
>Do you really think that I would make something like this up?  Jesus
>Christ!  Maybe you should give him a call!  He will tell you himself.  I
>really don't think he would lie to me, do you?
>
>I sat in his office for 2.5 hours last Wednesday discussing his career with
>Porsche of Germany, VW of America, and Audi of America.  Now, do you really
>think this is a lie?  He actually said that he would fly to dealerships
>when a dealer could not fix an Audi.  He told me he was in charge of Dealer
>Service for Audi during his last years with them. 
>
>What more proof do you want?  How about a written statement!  I'll get you
>one if you want and fax it to you.

Actually, as it was explained to me by a high-level source at AoA, one of
the reasons Mr. Hoppen was fired was because he wasn't very good at telling
the truth ... there was also some question about the true extent of his
involvement with his son's (now failed) performance business in California
and his favoritism in allocating VW performance parts to the aftermarket,
among several other things.

That said, he does appear to be on good terms with AoA these days (they've
cited him as a reference in answers to several of my letters to Customer
Relations) and does indeed have quite a history with Audi motorsports.

>Second of all, I'm NOT an infomercial.  Is it not true that you and every
>other A4 enthusiast out there would not want to know information about chip
>upgrades?  I know that if a person had info about a chip upgrade, I would
>want to know all I could about it.  WHY?

I'm afraid the tone of your post was very much in the infomercial style. I'm
sure everyone would like to hear of your experience with Hoppen's chip but
you would've done well to write in a more neutral style.  Nothing's perfect
and until you've established your credibility about making such
pronouncements, you'd do well to take it easy on the gushing praise
regardless of the product or its source... 
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